Turny fishing 100% skill or is there luck involved

[happyhour]

Im a big believer in “You create your own luck”

[Shap from La]

I agree with happyhour for the most part. Example: This past weekend for my club tournament Im fishing an area that I believe to have the right fish in it and I am struggling to get my limit, Ive got 4 nice fish in the well and its about 2:00. I throw my rougue in the mouth of a cut with a big laydown hanging over it and I see that Im going to get hung up if I continue to work the bait in. I start reeling it in as fast as I can to get the bait to “jump over the log” and when it hits the log and the bait starts coming out of the water a nice 2 1/2 pounder jumps all over it. It was pretty exciting and it appears I have a bit of luck on my side. But, is it luck when you put yourself in the correct area and you dedicate yourself to that area because you know the fish are there. I knew there was a fish in front of that cut, I just didnt think I was going to catch him on an errant cast and when I was reeling my bait in purposly not to get a bite, but to recast. So, there is some luck involved, but as happyhour said “you create your own luck”. I say 95% skill and 5% luck.Chris CoupelPaulina, la.Last edited by Shap from La on January 29th, 2010, 3:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.Chris CoupelPaulina, La.

[billius]

I think most of it is skill, not so much in throwing a lure (there is skill to that however) but more so in knowing where to look for the fish under varying conditions. Luck does play a part in it for certain. I had a string of tournaments back when I used to fish with bass clubs in the 70s and 80s when I caught a lot of fish and did very well. I know for a fact that others in my club were better fisherman than I, but for whatever reason, I outfished them during that time.

[BamaCat]

I think it takes some equal measure of skill and lady luck. A guy/gal needs to have some good baic knowlodge of how to fish, the specie is question, and some good breaks with Mother nature.

[Kelly Owens]

I have to agree somewhat with happyhour, I think a lot of ones success is created by preparation. I think the luck factor completely goes down the drain on multi-day events, preparation truly creates success on these events. Lets hope I can create some next week at Rayburn.

[Gun Runner]

I went with the 80 skill and 20 luck . But I also beleive that whoever does the most scouting in the 2 or 3 days before a tx has a BIG advatage over someone who only scouted 1 day or none at all . That is if there a decent fisherman .

[ClintB]

Skill plays a big part of it, especially when you talk about fishing pressure! Not mechanics entirely, but the ability to figure out why the fish are there, what they are feeding on, and how to out point the competition. Personally, I have had some of my better outings while fishing with numerous boats around me targeting the same set up. I second Kelly, nothing beats practice and preparation. Its very difficult to show up and whack em without dialing in during practice. The luck comes in regarding whether or not you boat what you stick. Not alot a person can do when a fish jumps off (guess thats the bad luck). Ill say this, the person who fishes mechanically flawless will out point the majority of the field 9 times out of 10 with everything else equal

[Hooter]

I think the main difference between a pro and an amateur is bait presentation. I mean putting a bait exactly where you want it, without making a big commotion. Bad luck plays a bigger part than good luck.

[cajun catter]

ANYTIME youre actually “on the water”….youre LUCKY !

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